Archive for 2019
Henry Homeyer: How to plant a tree
By Henry Homeyer ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC I recently planted a couple of blue spruce trees on a nice cloudy day, and want to share with you what I did. First, and most important, I checked the position of the trunk of the tree in the pot. In the wild you will notice that trees […]
Grafton Road closed Aug. 14 through Aug. 16 Closure is part of ongoing repairs of Rt. 35
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The major work currently being done on a portion of Grafton Road (Rt. 35) in Chester will require the closure of the road from Wednesday Aug. 14 through Friday Aug. 16. The road will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on those days. The detour around the closures […]
Parks rep outlines Lowell Lake plans for Derry board
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board was expecting a crowd Monday night, but only a handful of the regulars showed up. Three rows of chairs were set up in the big room of the Twitchell Office Building expecting locals to turn out, as Ethan Phelps of Vermont’s Department of […]
Weston beekeepers open gardens to cancer cure fund-raiser More than 400 attend Chocolate, Cheese Fest in Chester
MacLaury fund-raiser in honor of grandson, brain cancer survivor Community members are invited to an Open Garden Fundraiser to help fight cancer from 3 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18 at the MacLaury residence, 21 Turner Road in Weston. Carol and Steve MacLaury of Peabody Mountain Apiaries are known for their beekeeping prowess and […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Aug. 12
The Andover Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12 at Town Offices, 953 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from the July 22nd meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]
‘Always … Patsy Cline’ fine musical entertainment Seibert as Cline delivers amazing and effortless singing
By David Lampe-Wilson ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm goes Country with Always … Patsy Cline, not so much a play as a two-volume tribute album of greatest hits. While the music is great and the vocals are stellar, Ted Swindley’s book for this jukebox jamboree is as emotionally empty as the […]
Community & Arts events: Aug. 9 – Aug. 14
For a full listing of upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph Calendar. To find out how to become a Calendar Partner, email or call Cynthia Prairie at cprairie@chestertelegraph.org or 802-875-2703. To be included in events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on […]
To the editor: FPR wants to pave paradise
Lowell Lake update: “They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.” Joni Mitchell sang that in 1967. But 52 years later, some people who should know better still haven’t gotten the message. Our Department of Forest Parks and Recreation presented its Master Plan for Lowell Lake to the public on July 26 in a […]
Left in Andover: Getting in touch with the earth
By Susan Leader ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC For me, summer on Popplewood Farm in 1958 meant forced labor. I detested the endless hoeing of weeds in my family’s large vegetable garden. There were, however, several limited compensations. When no one was watching, I dallied, catching grasshoppers to feed my kitty, who lolled in the grass, […]
Chester Chatter: When neighbors are like family
By Ruthie Douglas ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Moving to the farm on Green Mountain Turnpike in 1957, I was surprised to learn that our nearest neighbors lived three-quarters of a mile away. They were John and Elise Edwards. Nicer neighbors there never were. Our families blended. Many people thought we were related. We spent a […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Aug. 7
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 on the 1st Floor of Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda 1. Approve minutes from the July 24, 2019 Special Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Appointment of Library Trustee 5. Sign the Asset Management Loan Document […]
Henry Homeyer: some of my favorite picks for pots
By Henry Homeyer ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Each summer I fill a big window box with annual flowers and vines to welcome all who approach the house. Some years it is bodacious, other years it verges on ho-hum. This year it is a delight: in the center is a black-leafed sweet potato vine that is […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for Aug. 5
The Londonderry Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. in S. Londonderry. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Minutes Approval – Meetings of July 1, 2019 & July 15, 2019 4. Selectboard […]
Windham FBLA chapter places 9th at Leadership Conference
Windham Regional Career Center’s Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America placed 9th in national competition at the FBLA National Leadership Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, June 29 to July 2. The chapter competed in the Annual Business Report event, bringing home a ninth place finish. The Annual Business report event describes the activities […]
Chester board hears Church St. sidewalk, traffic concerns
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC A representative of Dufresne Group was on hand at the Chester Select Board’s July 24 meeting to conduct a “Local Concerns” hearing regarding a scoping study for some sort of sidewalk or walking path on Church Street to connect Main with North Street, but those attending were […]
Gov. Scott visits Chester as part of ‘Capitol for Day’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Saying that it’s good to get out of Montpelier and see people, Gov. Phil Scott kicked off the Windsor County leg of his 14 county “Capitol for a Day” tour on Tuesday at the Fullerton Inn in Chester. Scott brought “the entire cabinet” with him to “see […]
Attendees skeptical of state motives at Lowell Lake meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC By 7 p.m. last Thursday, nearly 120 people had signed in at the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation’s Lowell Lake Master Plan meeting at Londonderry’s Old Town Hall. But when asked, none of those leaving said their minds had been changed by the presentation. In […]
Weston board acts to fix Town Office flood issue Cemetery maples, emerald ash borer, bid process discussed
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its meeting on July 23, the Weston Select Board agreed to fund two minor projects in town-owned buildings. It then spent the rest of the meeting on updates, discussions and comments. One project will provide up to $1,000 for the proper hookups to accommodate a generator for […]
James Howe, 74, served in uniform for 26 years, loved fishing, hunting
James Wayne Howe Jr. 74, passed away on Sunday morning July 21, 2019 at the Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow. He was born April 26, 1945 in Brattleboro, the son of James W. and Laura (Dutton) Howe. Mr. Howe graduated from Leland and Gray High School, attended the University of Vermont and was a […]
Left in Andover: Bewitching water in the 1980s
By Susan Leader ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Hard by the original cellar hole on the West Place – as our deed identifies the southern section of my family’s Popplewood Farm – is where my husband John Specker and I decided to build a “real” house, in 1988. We had dithered through the decade living in […]
